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Dale Head

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Dale Head tops out at 754 m in Cumbria. It is one of the 214 Wainwrights — the Lake District fells of Alfred Wainwright's Pictorial Guides. It stands inside the Lake District National Park. Other hills nearby include Hindscarth and High Spy.

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Photo of the Lake District, a National Park in Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Lake District

You’re inside itNational Park near Grasmere

England's highest mountains and deepest lakes — the fells that invented British hillwalking.

Photo: Hindscarth, a 727m Lake District fell near Buttermere, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Hindscarth

Wainwright · Hewitt near Buttermere

A grassy Newlands fell with a long spur running down to the valley, usually climbed with Dale Head and Robinson on a horseshoe round

1.4 km NW

Photo: Honister Pass, a viewpoint near Seatoller in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Honister Pass

Viewpoint near Seatoller

A dramatic road pass of slate crags and hairpins linking Borrowdale with Buttermere, one of the steepest in the Lakes.

1.5 km SW

Photo along the Coast to Coast, a 190-mile National Trail running from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, England.Highlight

Coast to Coast

National Trail

Wainwright's own invention: St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay through three national parks.

1.7 km S · North Yorkshire & Cumbria

Photo of Sourmilk Gill, Seathwaite, a waterfall near Seatoller in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

Sourmilk Gill, Seathwaite

Waterfall near Seatoller

A white staircase of water tumbling off Base Brown above Seathwaite, England's wettest inhabited place.

3.1 km S

Photo of Ashness Bridge, a landmark near Watendlath in the Lake District, Cumbria, north west England.Iconic

Ashness Bridge

Landmark near Watendlath

Perhaps the most photographed packhorse bridge in the Lakes, framing Derwentwater and Skiddaw from the Watendlath lane.

3.6 km NE